Hey, Azizi:

The scriptural reference is Psalm 137:

   "By the rivers of babylon, there we sat down, yea we wept, when we remembered Zion. For they thad carried us away captive required of us a song; and they that wasted us required mirth, saying Sing us one of the songs of Zion. How shall we sing the Lord's song in a strange land?"

The words of the Melodians recording of the song are alittle hard to catch... probably why we hear it differently.

Jerry